Seems like they left one out – “I Do” For Brides.

Phew! So glad I can still photograph the rings artificially arranged on something not their fingers!

I agree with those cliches photographs, I think they are still exist because too many photographers are in the business for the heck of it. One can still take a cliche photo and makes look very different by being creative and come up with some good effects in photoshop. If you are offering the same cliche as everyone else, then why pay thousands? True these people create those moments, but before they hired you they know your style, therefore, they know what to expect from you. if all they see it just cliche shots, then you are JUST a cliche photographer.. People if you do not have it which is creativity, then leave the world of photography alone.
I agree some cliche poses need to go.. it is not the cliche but the photographer who took the cliche shots.. Your bride, your vision, therefore, your responsibility!
Cheers,
Toussaint

We see so many of these shots because there are so many moms with cameras who sit around and surf competing photographers sites for “ideas.”

Cliche is is probably the best thing a person can go for. It’s just up to the photographer to make the cliche-ness of the picture better than those compared to it.

Most of the cliche’s are taken by photographers because there is no one else willing or available to take them. That could change very quickly with more SLR-like P/S cameras coming on the market for a bridesmaid or Father of the Bride to use on the shoes, dress,rings, ceremony, first kiss,first dance,etc. How many sniped images made by bystanders are taken of the bridal party jumping in the air? It isn’t that hard any more.

And any kind of original images is a prime candidate for turning into a cliche. We’ll have to be like Hallmark Cards who are inventing holidays to sell more cards. We’ll have to invent new cliches to look different.

Reading that has slightly annoyed me. In my experience brides want pictures of their shoes as normally they are expensive and look much nicer without feet in them!

As for the dress without a body in it, it’s much easier to take pictures of the details without the bride having to stand there like a mannequin!

If we didn’t take pictures of dresses, shoes, rings, flowers I guarantee questions would be asked where they were!

I agree though with ‘unnatural’ poses like jumping, dreamy looks and the ‘putting lip gloss on in the mirror’ shot – unless the bride is actually doing it for real.

Our jobs are hard enough without articles like this making people think that everything we do is cliché.

There. I feel a little better now. Back to putting the colour back into that bouquet

I would agree with AJ. This is an annoying attempt at developing an aire of exclusivism within the community. We are all artists and walk the fine line between shooting our client’s wish list and creating something truly creative and artistic. We need to provide what the client wants, and that may include a cliche or two.

Whoever wrote that article simply thinks they are above the cliche fray and that the laws of customer happiness do not apply to them.

I’ll continue to provide what my clients want while maintaining a marketable style. And, I will never do selective color!!!

Scott

No body would call that sushi bar sells seafood or mac donalds burger as cliche’s. Some things never change